Bottle carrier



Oct. 21, 1941. SMITH 2,259,667

BOTTLE CARRIER Filed March 14, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet l A itomey Oct. 21,1941.

R'. P. SMITH V BOTTLE CARRIER Filed March 14, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 2jiofirff? 5/77/77? By Ema/52M A tiorne y Patented Oct. 21, 1941 BOTTIECARRIER Robert P. Smith, Crawfordsville, Ind., assignor to The HoosierCrown Corporation, Crawfordsville, Ind.

Application March 14, 1940, Serial No. 323,967

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to bottle carriers,

of a type designed particularly for use in carrying bottles containingsoft drinks and other beverages and has for its primary object toprovide a wire bottle supporting member embodying a pair of pivotedupstanding wire members, shaped to conformably receive and support thebottles in a horizontal position and providing an interlocking handleconnection at the free ends of said pivoted members.

An important object of the present invention is to provide a wire bottlecarrier of this character which is bent to provide spacing means betweena plurality of horizontally positioned vertical rows of bottles wherebyto enable the bottles to be conveniently carried without danger ofbreakage through direct each other.

A still further object is to provide a device of this character ofsimple and practical construction which is strong and durable,relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise well adapted for thepurposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof wherein likenumerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which Figure 1 is a sideelevational view of one form of the invention,

Figure 2 is an end elevational view thereof,

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 3-3 ofFigure 1,

Figure 4 is a side elevational view of a modified form of the invention,and

Figure 5 isan end elevational view thereof.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, and with particular referenceto Figures 1 to 3 inclusive of the drawings, the numerals 5 and 6designate a pair of bottle supporting and clamping members, each of themembers including spaced upstanding portions 1, the upper ends of theportions 1 of the member 5 being connected by a cross member 8 and theupper ends of the upstanding portion 1 of the member 6 terminating invertical extensions 9 connected by a cross member Ill.

The bottom ends of the portions 1 of the members 5 and 6 extend inwardlyand are pivotally clamped in the bearings ll formed by rolling theopposite edges of a plate l2 inwardly upon itself and securing theintumed edges to the upper surcontact of the bottles with members 5 and6 are thus pivotally connected to the plate l2 at their bottom portions.

face of the plate as by welding or the like. The

A U-shaped wire spacing member i3 has its end portions welded orotherwise secured to the upper surface of the plate l2, the spacingmember extending perpendicularly between the members 5 and 6. Each ofthe upstanding portions 1 of the members 5 and 6 are bent inwardly atvertically spaced intervals to provide spacing members ll, the portionsof the wire between said spacing members being curved outwardly to formrecesses l5 adapted to conformably receive the bottles indicated by thedotted lines at l6, when the bottles are positioned horizontally asshown in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings.

A U-shaped link member i6 has its end portions formed with eyes I! whichare pivotally connected to the cross member 8, the bight portion of thelink being coiled to provide an outwardly projecting finger grip Ila. AU-shaped handle I8 is formed at its end portions with eyes I 9 adaptedfor pivotal engagement with the cross member ID of the member 6.

The link I6 is of a width slightly in excess of the vertical extremities9 and the handle it in order that the link may receive said extremityand handle portion in the manner as shown in Figures 1 and 2 of thedrawings. the link may be moved into locking engagement with theupstanding extremities 9 to clamp the members 5 and 8 against oppositesides of the rows of bottles l6, and when in such position the bottlesmay be conveniently carried by the handle I 8.

when it is desired to release the bottles the finger grip Ila is movedupwardly, the handle I8 is swung downwardly toward the left in Figure 2and the link It may then be separated therefrom and the bottles removed.

In the form of the invention illustrated in Figures 4 and 5 the pair ofupstanding bottle engaging and clamping members are designated at l9 and20, respectively, the members, in this form of the invention, beingdirectly pivotally connected to each other at their lower endsbyproviding a cross member 2| at the bottom portion of the member l9 andcoiling the lower ends of the member 20 to provide eyes 22 for pivotallyreceiving the cross member 2|.

Each of the members I!) and 20 include the upstanding spaced parallelportions 23 which are bent inwardly at spaced intervals to provide thespacing members 24, the portions between said spacing members beingcurved outwardly as Accordingly,

shown at 25 to provide the bottle accommodating recesses.

In this form of the invention a single row of bottles 26 is adapted tobe supported and clamped in position when arranged horizontally betweenthe clamping members I! and 20 and the upper ends of the members I! and20 are releasably secured in closed position by a conventional form ofhandle and locking construction indicated generally at 21.

It is believed the details of construction, and manner or operation andadvantages of the device will be readily understood from the foregoingwithout further detailed explanation.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

n a bottle carrier, a pair of metallic members each including parallelportions and a connecting ion, each parallel portion bent to providespaced semi-circular shaped bottle receiving portions, a plate havingthe ends of said members hinged thereto whereby said members may beswung towards and from each other to permit bottles to be placed in andremoved from the semi-circular shaped portions, said metallic memberswhen positioned in bottle carrying position bringing the semi-circularshaped portions of one member opposite to the semi-circular shapedportions of the other member for the support of the bottles horizontallyand in vertically arranged rows, a handle hinged on one of saidconnecting members, and a U-shaped member hinged on the other connectingmember to pass over the handle for detachably connecting the metallicmembers against pivotal movement relative to each other, and asubstantially U-shaped member fixed on said plate to lie between therows'oi bottles.

ROBERT P. SMITH.

